Two recent studies by different groups have concluded essentially the same thing: there are mysterious cold rock slabs at the bottom of Earth’s mantle that cannot be explained by conventional theories.^1,2 Geophysicists typically color these colder rocks blue, as shown in the image.

Astronomers have discovered a disintegrating rocky planet in another solar system.^1,2 This extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, has been given the designation BD+05 4868 Ab. It orbits so close to its host star that the intense heat is literally vaporizing its solid, rocky material! The astronomers making the discovery explained,